How Healthy Is The Charlotte Metro Area Compared To The Rest of North Carolina?
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps recently released their 2023 rankings. The goal of CHR&R is to “bring actionable data, evidence, guidance and stories to support community-led efforts to grow community…
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(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)County Health Rankings & Roadmaps recently released their 2023 rankings. The goal of CHR&R is to "bring actionable data, evidence, guidance and stories to support community-led efforts to grow community power and improve health equity." It is created by The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI). For 2023 the rankings focused on "the connection between civic health and thriving people and places." So how healthy is Charlotte and the surrounding area compared to the rest of the state?
First, we need to know exactly what we are looking at. On the County Health Rankings website, you can filter by a wide range of metrics. Right now we are looking at the rankings based on Health Outcomes. These rankings tell us how long people live on average within a community. As well as how much physical and mental health people experience in a community while they are alive. These rankings are out of the state, so for the counties in the Charlotte Metro Area that are in North Carolina you will see a number/100 for 100 counties. For South Carolina its /46. The only counties to make the top 5 in their respective states were Union and York. But Mecklenburg was right on the edge of that. Some of the surrounding counties didn't fare as well.
Keep reading to see how the Charlotte Metro Area counties ranked and which are the most healthy. Get more info and data here.
North Carolina
- Wake County
- Orange County
- Union County
- Dare County
- Camden County
Mecklenburg
Ranking: 6/100
Alexander
Ranking: 38/100
Cabarrus
Ranking: 11/100
Cleveland
Ranking: 83/100
Davidson
Ranking: 44/100
Gaston
Ranking: 58/100
Iredell
Ranking: 16/100
Lincoln
Ranking: 24/100
Rowan County
Ranking: 64/100
Stanley
Ranking: 63/100
Union
Ranking: 3/100
South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- York County
- Charleston County
- Greenville County
- Dorchester County
Chester County
Ranking: 38/46
Chesterfield
Ranking: 30/46
Lancaster
Ranking: 14/46
York
Ranking: 2/46
